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Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Oxford University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1971

ISSN1476-7937

SJR Q2✓ WOS A&HCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q2+18

Total18

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.139

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.282

Total Works

2,578

Total Citations

7,492

2yr Mean Citedness

0.13

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Aims & Scope

The major forum for scholarship on the Holocaust and other genocides, Holocaust and Genocide Studies is an international journal featuring research articles, interpretive essays, and book reviews in the social sciences and humanities.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

Annual Volume~ 69 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,578

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1476-7937

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

HistoryQ2

Political Science and International RelationsQ4

Sociology and Political ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

History

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceHistoryPolitical Science and International Relations

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

European history and politicsMemory, Trauma, and CommemorationGerman History and SocietyItalian Fascism and Post-war SocietyCambodian History and SocietyHistorical and Contemporary Political DynamicsJewish and Middle Eastern StudiesAfrican history and culture analysisReligion, Theology, History, Judaism, ChristianityEastern European Communism and Reforms